Metro Washington Council afl-cio

First National Conference of Trade Union Women (1918); The first “talkie” movie, The Jazz Singer, premiers in New York City, wipes out jobs for 22,000 musicians within three years (1927); 1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines; they had been fired for getting married (1986); Thirty-two thousand machinists begin what is to be a successful 69-day strike against Boeing (1995)…Read more- compiled/edited by David Prosten at Union Communication Services​​